Weissmueller
Zach Weissmueller

http://www.reason.com/zach-weissmueller

Video journalist and commentator at Reason

Public Key

npub1zywedmndxjrcm9d0hljsk8uqaqf9d4mxya4c5gzdudrps5jkyshqe2s58k

NIP-05 Address

zachw@NostrVerified.com

NIP-57 Address

weissmueller@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqspz8vkaeknfpudjkhmlegtr7qwsyjk6anzw6u2ypx7x3sc2ftzgtspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsnjgucm

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1zywedmndxjrcm9d0hljsk8uqaqf9d4mxya4c5gzdudrps5jkyshqe2s58k

Show more details

Last Notes

2024-08-21 01:04:15

Soon
https://m.primal.net/KGHz.jpg

2024-08-15 15:02:33

Kamala Harris' first concrete policy: Federal price controls on food.
Related: I own some chickens and will accept sats for eggs.
https://m.primal.net/KAYK.png https://reason.com/2024/08/15/kamala-wants-price-controls/

2024-08-14 14:48:23

Is there a big European presence on Nostr yet? Curious if people are discovering it as a censorship-free alternative given the crackdowns and threats.
Would love to read some commentary from accounts on here if they exist.

2024-08-13 19:05:57

Gonna experiment with posting this here because the interface for inserting screenshots is better than on X, and I think this might be a more receptive audience anyway.
Now that Krugman has invoked the name of F.A. Hayek to defend Kamala Harris' policies, I must effortpost.
Unfortunately, it seems to me that this is once again a case of a progressive quote-mining Hayek to make a point he almost certainly wouldn't have agreed with.
https://m.primal.net/JygS.png
First, let's look at the paragraph that follows. Krugman says Harris is not a full-on communist (true). She just wants to expand welfare, not fundamentally change the role of govt. Harris did support single-payer health care but now doesn't. But even if she did, says Krugman, it's not that radical or dangerous ("un-American")!
Hayek would disagree.
https://m.primal.net/JygU.png
Hayek on "social insurance" from The Constitution of Liberty, more detailed than the The Road to Serfdom quote Krugman links: Progressives rarely mention the part in red, where he says that while the aim of govt providing a safety net is philosophically defensible, the actual methods are the problem, and as we'll see, a likely inescapable one in Hayek's telling.
https://m.primal.net/JygW.png
He continues on to say that opposition to govt welfare is entirely defensible, just not purely on human freedom grounds. To understand this, you have to grok that Hayek defined freedom as the absence of coercion and placed a high value on prohibiting government monopolies.
He does not accept the "taxation is theft" maxim, which is why many libertarians dislike him. What he opposes is government action that prevents people from trying new experiments and competing with the state or state-connected actors to provide "essential" services.
https://m.primal.net/JygX.png Image
What Hayek is saying about "social insurance" is that in theoretical terms a state-supported welfare program could achieve its ends without threatening freedom.
The more sound reason to oppose it, he argues, is that the state apparatus that administers welfare in the modern world inevitably becomes a coercive and monopolistic one. There are strings attached to that money, always: Strings that serve the plans of the bureaucrats, not the individuals receiving the money.
https://m.primal.net/Jyge.png
It's fantasy ("illusion") to imagine a government machine powerful enough to administer welfare at nation-state scale while being kept in check against liberty violations. "Democratic control" ain't gonna cut it.
History shows the administrative state certainly never checks itself. This is why the recent Chevron reversal was so crucial. It allows courts, rather than "democracy," to exert more direct constitutional restraint on these agencies, likely to be more effective than Congress "doing something" (LOL).
https://m.primal.net/Jygg.png
THE GREATEST DANGER TO LIBERTY TODAY, writes Hayek, comes from the expert class running the bureaucracy for the "public good."
https://m.primal.net/Jygk.png
It is INEVITABLE, he says, that such an apparatus will become self-willed, uncontrollable and hegemonic.
https://m.primal.net/Jygn.png
Agree or disagree with Hayek's analysis, but does this sound like a guy who endorses anything close to resembling our modern welfare state? Or does it sound like a nuanced thinker conceding that the state could theoretically subsidize welfare in some non liberty-threatening way that he never quite specifies?
Hayek would almost certainly recognize massive problems with the way our current top-down welfare system distorts the market, coercively suppresses competition, and immiserates people. And to invoke him anywhere proximal to single-payer health care is a joke.
I get the criticism from libertarians that Hayek could've been more clear to avoid mischaracterization, or should've been more "hardcore" about opposing all taxation. I'm not arguing that he's that kind of libertarian. And that's OK.
But it's hard for me to see the way Krugman is quoting him here as anything other than a disingenuous way to normalize Harris' proposed expansion of social engineering and an intrusive welfare state.

2024-07-21 00:15:04

Nostr has several value propositions. One is that it’s a viable check on corporate social media. If X leadership is ever tempted to abandon its current values and turn the network censorious, they’ll have to consider the existence of an uncensorable alternative as a competitor.

2024-06-21 00:55:33

- reply

Badass

2024-06-21 00:51:45

Latest episode of my weekly podcast JUST ASKING QUESTIONS examines the latest economic data out of Argentina six months into Javier Milei’s presidency.
In short, monthly inflation rate down, consecutive monthly budget surpluses, bond market recovering, major bill just passed Senate, approval ratings still positive despite extremely rough economy.
Looks like the wild Libertarian presidente might know a thing or two about governing after all… https://youtu.be/h1rD3CYyQO8

2024-05-10 16:58:30

If you're ever looking to purple pill a friend, this discussion I hosted with @npub1xts…kk5s and @npub1az9…m8y8 ain't a bad place to start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2JbHWd_BM

2024-04-26 14:34:12

True. Zaps are much more direct, fair, and satisfying than X's opaque monetization scheme, which is prone to all sorts of algorithmic gamesmanship. It's likely this superior feature of Nostr is what eventually draws a larger user base of people tired of paying $8-10 a month to play the game imo.
#note10wx…qrdn

2024-04-26 00:22:41

Why has FDR’s dark side been hidden? Just asking questions.
Censoring opponents through regulatory pressure. Mass surveillance of private messages. Indefinite detainment of Americans. Abuse of emergency powers. Does this style of governance remind you of anything?
Check out my recent interview with historian David Beito about his revealing new book, “The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights.” https://youtu.be/sydnBoR84n4?si=iUgAqWgy-Oarpc8E

2024-04-24 20:38:08

The founders of Samourai Wallet have been indicted for "conspiracy to commit money laundering." We know why it's "conspiracy to commit" as opposed to just "money laundering."
It's because what they did was provide a privacy tool that some people could use for money laundering.
It is part of the government's ongoing war on privacy, specifically financial privacy. Those in power yearn for every transaction to be tracked, taxed and, if need be, frozen. The action against the Canadian truckers was the template, and CBDCs (programmable, instantly manipulated money) are the tool of control that they ultimately want.
First, they must dismantle the privacy-centric alternatives so there's no viable exit ramp once CBDCs and the like are implemented. That's what we've been witnessing with the attacks on coin tumblers like Tornado Cash and today's attack on Samourai.
They will point to bad people using these tools, just as they pointed out that Hamas raised some funds in various cryptocurrencies, without noting that a vast amount of money laundering happens with government-issued currency.
It's the same kind of bad-faith argument the FBI made in the '90s when they tried to kill end-to-end encryption altogether. "Sometimes terrorists might use it." Ok, and? They also use pressure cookers. The internet as we know it today would not exist if they had succeeded.
They are unlikely to succeed this time either, but unfortunately there will be casualties in the war on privacy, and those casualties will be those who openly thwart their ambitions of total surveillance.
My 2022 video including an interview with a Samourai Wallet founder here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYiXbLRy1c

2024-04-09 13:34:00

Momentum is building to "child-proof" the internet by requiring social media age verification. It appears likely that a combination of legislative action and immense political pressure on tech companies over the next 2-3 years will lead to what amounts to a Digital ID for virtually any website where users interact with each other. Online anonymity will become vanishingly rare.
This is one way Nostr becomes a final refuge for those seeking surveillance-free, unmediated communication.

2024-03-08 20:10:03

How bitcoin transforms energy use
0:00 - Brooklyn’s bitcoin-heated bath house
2:28 - Bitcoin mining’s unquenchable thirst for cheap energy
4:10 - Why decentralization matters
5:14 - How bitcoin mining transformed a small Georgia farming town
6:35 - How bitcoin miners maximize energy efficiency
7:45 - Could bitcoin bootstrap solar power?
9:15 - How bitcoin monetizes “stranded energy”
9:38 - Answering bitcoin’s environmentalist critics
10:49 - How bitcoin stopped a Texas blackout
12:42 - Underground miners fixed Venzuela’s power lines
14:20 - The impossibility of stopping bitcoin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gFppa4VLg&t=8s&pp=ygUccmVhc29uIHR2IGJpdGNvaW4gYmF0aCBob3VzZQ%3D%3D

2024-03-07 14:20:17

What's the best, safest, most reliable p2p btc exchange at the moment?

2024-03-05 18:07:19

Back from a long weekend in the semi-autonomous free zone of Prospera
on the Honduran island of Roatán for the “Alternative Visions in Governance” conference hosted by Reason Foundation.
Lots of stimulating discussion about “markets in governance” and the power of exit.
A phrase that stuck with me as I contemplate the power shifts unfolding in the early 21st century: “Softening of sovereignty.”
Will be sharing a recorded convo soon.
Pic: Me in Prospera last year drinking coffee purchased with bitcoin earned on Nostr in front of Amity Age Bitcoin Education Center, which has helped ~60 of the island’s vendors set up payments.
https://image.nostr.build/c497c136b338663aaf0687bd55cae28b8387b3e696f36224d50279980e54a202.jpg

2023-12-21 20:49:27

- reply

And @npub1vrr…e70u

2023-12-21 20:49:00

- reply

Also @npub16cy…u878

2023-12-21 20:36:16

Julian Assange published material exposing uncomfortable truths about America's wars, and the US charged him with violating the Espionage Act for it. @npub17q0…yrvm
and I talked about his ongoing imprisonment with his wife Stella assange
on this week's show. https://youtu.be/5j_KvkltUWI?si=NDAYLJi06Zvkca8A

2023-12-21 12:07:18

- reply

I mean, they literally are every single day, whether we like it or not

2023-12-21 01:20:05

- reply

https://m.primal.net/HUik.jpg

2023-12-21 01:10:47

- reply

🫡

2023-12-21 01:09:14

I understand that bitcoin attracts “post political” cryptoanarchists who eschew electoral politics in favor of technical workarounds to secure liberty, and I love that about it.
But the reality is when you have powerful US senators gunning for you, part of defending your political interests is probably going to involve… political interest groups that can fight back.
Bitcoiners have the money. Do they have the will?

2023-12-19 22:29:46

- reply

Prime example of why Satoshi is anon

2023-12-19 22:17:28

Bruh.
https://m.primal.net/HUaC.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HUaD.jpg

2023-12-18 19:13:10

Gonna help my kids setup a hot chocolate stand amidst morning foot traffic to school with Lightning/bitcoin payment options tomorrow. Guess we'll find out how orangepilled north Florida parents are.

2023-12-09 12:41:27

In which @npub17q0…yrvm and I discuss the fundamentals of libertarianism, talk through our differences, and find common ground with comedian/podcaster Dave Smith.
Nostr and bitcoin get shoutouts as libertarian “white pills” near the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SByjfbOUvWc

2023-12-09 12:35:50

- reply

Hell yeah, dude. I did an episode on Nostr last year, fyi: https://www.youtube.com/live/pi2JbHWd_BM?si=HCUzxIC31BlDxjQv
We may disagree on some (or many) things, but I feel like if we can agree on free speech, bitcoin and decentralizing power, we’re fighting on the same side!

2023-12-01 16:10:40

Sorry, but I'm gonna shamelessly shill for Reason here for a minute since we're in our annual webathon and I think we're producing EXACTLY the kind of content that Nostriches want to see. This is our BTC donation address:
https://image.nostr.build/64a12b520b7f6904c8ce15743d7d4d1dbe6874bcd9e8f6ba22d07b735ee1fa13.png
Here are some recent and one less-than-recent example.
Interview with Lyn Alden on "Broken Money," which, if you haven't read at this point... WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CBrGhaFwQ
See also my recent documentary about bitcoin mining, which has attracted a lot of press for its energy consumption. What other media tend to miss is WHY bitcoin consumes energy and HOW that can be harnessed for economic and social good.
Only at Reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gFppa4VLg
Interviewed Caitlin Long about the Custodia Bank saga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1b1TLltnI
And, of course, talked with Nostr's very own @npub1xts…kk5s and @npub1az9…m8y8 about the potential of decentralized social media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2JbHWd_BM
And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my colleague
@npub1vrr…e70u definitive series on the history of the cypherpunk movement that spawned bitcoin and the widespread use of encryption. This is the kind of history the world NEEDS to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vM0oIEhMag
So if you agree with me that the world needs more of this kind of work and conversation, please support Reason, and support bitcoin, by giving bitcoin to Reason.
You can also use the webform here if you'd like to share your email and get that sweet swag: https://reason.com/donate-crypto/

2023-11-20 16:46:47

Don’t let lazy media convince you Milei is “Argentina’s Trump.” He’s a hardcore libertarian and Austrian economist. Does that mean he’s a savior that will fix all that ails Argentina? Of course not. But at least understand what’s going on. Real analysis here: https://youtu.be/o_tEpEqiRzY?si=6s-zKYOhsbeFzMxX

2023-11-16 23:28:46

Had a chat with Rand Paul about the strange lack of curiosity in DC about the possibility that COVID started in a lab in Wuhan. https://www.youtube.com/live/t62wHILU9Og?si=JgggJiNLYBbSunK3

2023-11-16 16:03:38

Thanks to all of those who've shared this around Nostr! I wanted to announce that we'll be screening this in NYC on Nov. 27, followed by a panel with me, @npub1trr…hdpu, @npub16cy…u878 and Jason Goodman.
If you're around and interested, please come! Event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-bathhouses-and-the-future-of-energy-tickets-744214444437 https://iris.to/note18jvkrld7tzakw08pfjjsgefr4xwea2vkvf3cfkj7ccpj288unwqsyd5pcr

2023-11-15 01:18:11

https://x.com/reclaimthenethq/status/1724586816626446513?s=46 https://image.nostr.build/afb404cd8489eb6dd541d1ee029b782a0a6bbc534e3f200f09e64cc26a5fbeef.jpg

2023-11-14 23:56:52

https://x.com/nvrbackdown24/status/1724562019498496128?s=46 https://image.nostr.build/0e73a44181767eef8ca410535bc9a0e7925f8ef114c29c67e870c0a15c15030a.jpg

2023-11-14 23:55:28

How bitcoin saves the planet.
New Reason documentary: https://youtu.be/y8gFppa4VLg

2023-11-14 23:55:01

How saves the planet.
New Reason documentary: https://youtu.be/y8gFppa4VLg

2023-11-02 17:42:03

You all might enjoy this conversation I recently had with the great @npub1a2c…w83a about her incredible new book about this history and future of the global monetary system: Broken Money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CBrGhaFwQ&pp=ygUJcmVhc29uIHR2

2023-10-30 21:19:39

Yo, I'll be on a panel with @npub16cy…u878 and Alex Gladstein following an upcoming Reason documentary about Bitcoin mining and energy in NYC on Nov. 27. If you're in the area, register here and please come join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-bathhouses-and-the-future-of-energy-tickets-744214444437?aff=oddtdtcreator

2023-08-27 01:48:44

I learned so much from both Eduardo Marty and Gloria Alvarez in this episode about Milei. Eduardo’s description of life under massive inflation really stuck with me. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NH4HZVdsrn8&si=Yy_MP8l1iHeLMAWC

2023-08-25 01:05:46

- reply

That’s true. But it is helpful to have politicians who grease the skids by, for instance, making it easier to transact in bitcoin.

2023-08-25 00:50:53

What should libertarians, ancaps and bitcoiners make of the rise of Javier Milei, who finished first in Argentina’s presidential primary running on a platform to end the central bank, slash taxes, abolish multiple state ministries, and expel “parasites” from the government?
Check out my stream with Argentine economist Eduardo Marty, who supports Milei, and Gloria Alvarez, a Guatemalan libertarian activist and politician who shares his disdain for socialism but has some reservations about his conservative social policies and rhetoric. https://youtube.com/live/W8MeyFRv16o?si=iOtPH2OABHJviBd9

2023-08-19 02:57:58

A reminder that a core value proposition of Nostr is its censorship-resistance. And that is extremely important in a world where institutions and laws can help secure yet never fully guarantee free speech.
That being said, check out my interview with Jay Bhattcharya and his attorney about the legal challenge to the social media censorship that occurred from 2020 to present.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b9nrlw5OLx4

2023-08-16 15:55:13

Welcome to "the psychedelic '20s."
Check out our new documentary about the psycheldelic renaissance that's happening in science, art, and spirituality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0xoZOKiO9s

2023-08-14 21:56:38

- reply

Hit me up in DMs or email if interested @npub1xww…l3nz.
Zach.Weissmueller@reason.com.

2023-08-14 21:21:47

Any Argentinians who’d be interested in speaking with me about Milei?

2023-08-14 01:17:27

- reply

No lies detected.

2023-08-14 00:59:34

Not gonna lie, pretty catchy tune… https://cdn.nostr.build/i/cb34cad8c54be4a19819b7912fd8ed76343c530345557fd85a49ac98e877a3a9.jpg

2023-07-14 12:34:25

- reply

Yeah, I wouldn’t put myself on the extreme pole opposite “conspiracist” either.

2023-07-13 20:58:07

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/9dde2d6f10dbe7ceff8c0ecfd4d3973a5a6df9eeab22db4e3fb9e38d903a6ce3.png This is how I think about political ideology now.

2023-07-07 01:51:13

Mark Zuckerberg is anti privacy.

2023-07-06 22:01:16

New Reason documentary about Prospera, a privately governed zone in Honduras, home to the Roatan Bitcoin Center, which aims to spread bitcoin across the entire island.
Will it survive? Much depends on the action taken by Honduras’ new democratic socialist president, who calls its existence “criminal” and “a threat to our sovereignty.”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TwiE1dxGYNY

2023-06-29 21:12:23

Toe to toe with RFK Jr.
Watch it while you still can on YouTube. https://youtube.com/live/lqtONE93APQ?feature=shareb

2023-06-28 22:54:45

Not gonna lie, pretty depressing to see the ⚡️ gone from Damus, extremely disappointing move by Apple. Nonetheless, goes to demonstrate why such decentralization of all layers remains a crucial project.
Much gratitude to builders like @npub1xts…kk5s for doing the work.

2023-06-24 03:17:25

“Prigozhin claimed that the Russian Ministry of Defense deceived the Russians and the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin while preparing the invasion of Ukraine.”
https://news.yahoo.com/prigozhin-vows-end-shoigu-fsb-211400726.html

2023-06-24 00:48:28

If the reporting so far is accurate, a privatized militia turned on its client state and is overthrowing an authoritarian dictator because of the horrific and failing war he started.

2023-06-22 15:33:51

Copium shortage in Brooklyn. https://nostr.build/i/af058d7f94a189c1fd62aaf333f46dd6b61848c9881e38a0359f8cc146d02c0b.jpg https://nostr.build/i/eab38273e8a80debf73eade5cf546b2586952be099dd26006df03e430a2265f6.jpg https://nostr.build/i/d423774e0f1fdc8053bb6fcc2fe02a0195bbebf0a8705b897d2bdac8b26113b2.jpg

2023-06-21 20:31:10

- reply

#[1]

2023-06-21 20:20:27

Hope you enjoyed our bitcoin documentary out of Miami.
Will be releasing some of the full interviews in the coming days, starting with this one with Caitlin Long.
She wants to start a full reserve bank. The Federal Reserve said no. She’s suing for the right NOT to fractionalize your deposits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1b1TLltnI

2023-06-20 17:18:13

I can put out an occasional “banger” on Twitter, but Nostr is generally way better for promoting the kind of work I like to do.

2023-06-20 16:02:58

- reply

Lol thanks. Usually good to have dissenters/critics in any documentary…

2023-06-20 15:49:36

Reason just released a 22-minute documentary #[0] #[1] and I shot at Bitcoin Miami this year: a comprehensive look at “where we at” with bitcoin featuring #[2] #[3] , Caitlin Long, Nic Carter, Chris Hunter and more.
Takes a lot of effort, time and expense to produce something like this, so please share far and wide if you want to see more coverage like this.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HK38EiGfYLo&feature=share8

2023-06-20 15:29:34

Reason just released a 22-minute documentary @lizwolfe @jimepstein and I shot at Bitcoin Miami this year, a comprehensive look at “where we at” with bitcoin featuring @lopp @jb55, Caitlin Long, Nic Carter, Chris Hunter and more.
Please share far and wide if you want to see more coverage like this!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HK38EiGfYLo&feature=share8

2023-06-18 11:07:07

Being a father brings such richness, drive and focus to life. Sometimes it can hard, sure, but it’s often fun as hell. 10/10 would recommend.
Happy Father’s Day, fellas.

2023-06-17 02:27:59

Nevertheless, Nostr persisted. #note12t7…08kq

2023-06-17 02:25:53

Apple programmers have to realize that zaps are inevitable and that they are contributing to a needless delay.
So it goes.

2023-06-13 20:18:26

- reply

Done and done

2023-06-13 20:16:57

- reply

🙏 Wish I were still android. Family pressured me into Apple world because of ease of sharing pics/vids thru iMessage

2023-06-13 19:46:09

- reply

I hope you are satisfied with your purchase. Please contact customer support with any future issues you may encounter.

2023-06-13 19:43:56

Please “buy my digital content” from your iPhone while you still can. ⚡️

2023-06-13 11:40:43

- reply

I shared a screenshot of a tweet. Had taken a break from Twitter for awhile.

2023-06-13 11:35:45

Apple’s BS finally got me tweeting again. https://nostr.build/i/e4a59b774a8c16f88ffb2352a878a3bddc91e2cb8f3a6124ad584ef9a4b3a1cf.jpg

2023-06-10 19:34:53

Reflections on my conversation with 3-D gun creator Cody Wilson: Ghost guns give me hope. https://youtu.be/dFutmPA_ADc

2023-06-08 00:10:52

- reply

Why don’t you trust the way they phrased the question? Don’t you think that when the government sells intrusive surveillance it’s typically couched in “safety and security” language? They never say “we want backdoor access to your phones because we crave social control.” It’s sold as a means to protect against terrorism, abuse, crime, etc.

2023-06-07 23:33:14

This Thursday talking with the one and only Cody Wilson about how no matter how the feds try to stop it, gun printer still goes brrr. http://youtube.com/watch?v=o6gWbpp4FN0

2023-06-07 00:10:44

- reply

Almost 1 in 3 Gen Zers say they’d accept a government surveillance camera in the home to protect against crime. Not sure how else to interpret those results.

2023-06-06 23:34:09

- reply

Agreed

2023-06-06 23:25:16

Privacy isn’t for everybody. https://twitter.com/emilyekins/status/1665729606379360261?s=46&t=t5wwAIOUDhtGlu9ZDwIYzw https://nostr.build/i/05bb89ab3a7d76ea102d28a6565eabe41120c7be79975892b681140f078f2f79.jpg

2023-06-06 18:10:24

My uncle, a very traditional, fundamentals-based investor texted me this morning to talk about the SEC's Coinbase action. He's thinking about finally getting into bitcoin, and I told him that it seems very likely to keep its value regardless of what happens to exchanges. His response:
https://nostr.build/i/2bb8ca6e2341f1f597c7e3f34160566602c76ec570633de7ce3a6d3059e3e25d.jpg

2023-06-05 21:39:26

Excerpt from our recent livestream on The DeSantis Question. A lot of negative feedback from libertarians tbh, and I’ve got my own reservations. But interested to hear what bitcoiners think, especially given his anti-CBDC stance. https://youtu.be/58xlMBvEge4

2023-05-20 18:51:59

Nic Carter taking Operation Chokepoint 2 electric boogaloo with #[1] https://nostr.build/i/f6d414ca7218195fff626b09e415175e81fc8e276448d00303f1340e9478605c.jpg

2023-05-19 16:03:00

- reply

#[2] #[3] and #[4] so far…

2023-05-19 14:57:26

Coming soon: #[1] and #[2] on self custody https://nostr.build/i/208d026cb52f57a76931ffe07334776f690260fbba278b3a9bd593f1635b622b.jpg

2023-05-18 17:58:47

Rolling into Miami with chatGPT https://nostr.build/i/e2bbb70bbf3f8c173a14fa1263c5d42ab8690ac648c3c7f589f1b276c8c32ab2.jpg

2023-05-17 14:19:40

- reply

Yessir

2023-05-17 14:11:47

Headed to Miami tomorrow with the Reason crew. If you see us, please come say hi and share some of your thoughts about the past, present and future of bitcoin.

2023-05-12 01:35:25

🤔 https://nostr.build/i/cfa0dc70174454af4b3c447bf8c35d7844b31bd91d08d3170e96acf3895ba0a4.jpg https://nostr.build/i/a173239b540d765b5a195bd5c03a7d3e6ebd55c77d57d3b24456a6ba3de56f05.jpg

2023-05-11 18:52:10

New convo with Robin Hanson and Jann Tallin on "pausing" training of large language model artificial intelligence. Special hat tip to @npub1h8n…rpev for alerting me to the emergence of open source AI, a topic which yielded an enlightening exchange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmh6ciu24v0

2023-05-11 00:54:11

#[0] how many inquiries can you handle simultaneously?

2023-05-10 01:52:15

- reply

Lol. That is the simpler explanation, true.

2023-05-10 01:32:24

Good video. I love cathedral vs. bazaar analogy for Bluesky vs Nostr.
My non-technical view of this is that Bluesky might have a quicker early growth spurt because it feels more familiar to Twitter refugees, but Nostr has the longterm advantage because it attracts more people who are here specifically FOR THE DECENTRALIZATION and not because they hate Elon Musk or whatever.
I don’t think Twitter is going anywhere anytime soon. It will likely remain a big, influential network unless and until someone removes Elon from leadership and tanks the company or he simply loses interest and lets the censorship blob take control again or the state goes full-on authoritarian against the social media companies (all possible).
As long as Twitter remains dominant, it seems like it’s going to be hard for what at the moment looks and acts like a Twitter clone with fewer users to compete. Nostr, on the other hand, has a totally different feel because it’s built by and for people who want to resist control and surveillance, which is ultimately the point of cryptography and decentralization. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4c9oy9QQNEc&feature=youtu.be

2023-05-10 00:20:33

I agree with Dr. Bhattacharya. One of our best interviews. If you missed the livestream, you can catch it as a podcast. https://reason.com/podcast/2023/05/05/jacob-siegel-disinformation-is-the-hoax-of-the-century/ https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_dc2d142594b0dc97891d8854dad53de5e5c3b7b0091eee3bc29f24a28dc3b3d1.jpg

2023-05-09 22:59:31

- reply

From #[1]. Really interested to listen to his AI-centric podcast.

2023-05-09 22:58:17

VERY interesting perspective on AI and centralization. https://damus.io/note188prqv82c24fr0a2skhesfwhxryakvprj7dafw5y5g24nv82nqrqjahfy2

2023-05-09 19:24:59

- reply

True. But there’s no way at the moment to create someone on the scale of GPT-4 without a lot of capital and centralization, right? Hanson makes the point that they could throttle it much the same way nuclear energy was throttled and prevented from reaching its potential.

2023-05-09 19:11:47

Are you scared of AI? Think it's time to hit the ol' PAUSE button?
I'll be hosting a debate/discussion about the proposed AI "pause" with Robin Hanson and Jaan Tallin of Skype/Kazaa fame this Thursday at 1pm ET if you're interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmh6ciu24v0

2023-05-09 13:02:39

Sort of hesitant to even go here, but anyone have thoughts about RFK Jr.'s sudden interest in bitcoin? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/robert-kennedy-jr-make-campaign-debut-bitcoin-conference-rcna83123

2023-05-04 14:41:30

A reminder in case anyone's around at 1pm ET today that we'll be talking with Jacob Siegel about his opus on the "counter-disinformation complex" for Tablet mag. Will be taking live comments and questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-sX8VaLBfA

2023-05-01 22:11:18

Posting on here and making a bunch of dumb formatting errors and not being able to delete my mistakes gives me real insight into the 2010s boomer social media experience.

2023-05-01 14:58:49

I'll be going to Bitcoin Miami with my colleagues @npub1vrr…e70u and @npub17q0…yrvm this year. What topics would you like to see us cover for Reason?

2023-04-29 00:44:26

- reply

That was great. Thank you guys!

2023-03-22 15:25:51

- reply

Aren’t they in broad agreement at this point?